This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge – Quiz 404 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 404 (17 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In Anglo Saxon Britain, what word described a magistrate and the regional representative of the king? A) Reeve. B) Fletcher. C) Cowper. D) Ostler. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reeve. 2. Since the mid 1990s the USA has banned what in hunting water fowl? A) The use of lead shot. B) The issuing of licences to permanently disabled hunters. C) Guns with capacity for more than two shots. D) The use of falcons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The use of lead shot. 3. What is a property shared by molecules of water, sulphur dioxide, ammonia and carbon monoxide? A) They are very stable, non-reactive. B) They break up all organic compounds when mixed with them. C) They are polar. D) They all include oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They are polar. 4. Wedges at a takeaway food outlet are normally made from what? A) Fish. B) Potatoes or related tubers. C) Bread. D) Pinewood. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Potatoes or related tubers. 5. The war between 1825 and 1830 in Java was fought between which forces? A) Dutch, and rebel Javanese. B) Japanese, and Dutch. C) British, and Japanese. D) French, and Dutch. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dutch, and rebel Javanese. 6. In the nursery rhyme beginning "Hey Diddle Diddle", who was with a fiddle? A) Little dog. B) Cat. C) Cow. D) Dish. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cat. 7. Which country has dominated basketball at the Olympics, from 1936 when men first competed and 1976 when women first competed, until at least 2016? A) France. B) Argentina. C) Yugoslavia. D) USA. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) USA. 8. A live episode of which TV soap opera was broadcast on BBC One on 19 February 2010, to celebrate 25 years since the broadcast of the first episode? A) EastEnders. B) The Bill. C) Coronation Street. D) Spooks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) EastEnders. 9. Which of these events occurred during the Crimean War? A) The Battle of Midway. B) The Siege of Sevastopol. C) The Siege of Troy. D) The Battle of the Somme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Siege of Sevastopol. 10. Which of these US presidents was the oldest when first elected? A) Franklin D. Roosevelt. B) Ronald Reagan. C) Grover Cleveland. D) Abraham Lincoln. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ronald Reagan. 11. In 1998, the former President of the Palestinian Authority, Yasser Arafat, declared what day as a national day of remembrance in Palestine for the Nakba? A) 19 August. B) 15 May. C) 1 December. D) 24 October. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 15 May. 12. What is the word for the act of murdering of one's father? A) Matricide. B) Patrilineage. C) Parricide. D) Patricide. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Patricide. 13. According to the nursery rhyme "Polly put the kettle on", who took it off again? A) Susan. B) Sylvie. C) Sandra. D) Sukey. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sukey. 14. Balanchine is an internationally known name in what? A) Ceramic design. B) Fashion. C) Dance. D) Horse racing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dance. 15. Which of these have never played James Bond's boss, "M" ? A) Judi Dench. B) Bernard Lee. C) Robert Brown. D) Dirk Bogarde. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dirk Bogarde. 16. Scottish sculptor Andy Scott created which of these? A) The Kelpies of Falkirk. B) Things Grow When We Stand Still, Byron Bay, Australia. C) The Angel of the North, Newcastle. D) Another Place, Liverpool. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Kelpies of Falkirk. 17. What describes the sound of the English voiceless consonant written as "h" ? A) Fricative. B) Stop. C) Palatal. D) Alveolar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fricative. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesGeneral QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesGeneral Knowledge Quiz 1General Knowledge Quiz 2General Knowledge Quiz 3General Knowledge Quiz 4General Knowledge Quiz 5General Knowledge Quiz 6General Knowledge Quiz 7General Knowledge Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books